Small Favors
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, November 02, 2011
A good friend of mine told me she was getting a new vacuum today. I tried to suppress my interest because I have strong opinions about vacuum cleaners. I’m crazy that way.
“What kind are you getting,” I casually asked.
“A Miele?” she answered. She said her sister had recommended it.
I was embarrassed by how excited I was for my friend. It was all I could do not to ask her a million questions about... READ MORE
Getting Things Done
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, January 17, 2011
Someone recently wrote to me asking how I run my week, if I have a set schedule and if so, what does that look like?
At first, I was inclined to say I didn’t have a set schedule (I don’t have “laundry day” and “cleaning day” for instance) but the more I thought about it I realized I do have one of those. For me, however, it’s just a little more to-the-day instead of to-the-week.
I do laundry every... READ MORE
Mark, Set, Go!
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sometimes, I get overwhelmed. When piles of unopened mail stare at me from the counter, I start to ignore them. When my Inbox gets fuller each day, I quit paying attention. The longer I put things off, the longer I’m able to do just that.
One recent evening I just didn’t have the heart to get the paperwork in order, but it needed to be done. I decided I’d give myself a finite amount of time to tackle... READ MORE
Handling the Hamper
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Homemaking on Wednesday, October 06, 2010
When my husband and I got married, we’d spent the previous years in college dorms.
As dorm-dwellers, both Bryan and I had ascribed to the method of laundry-stretching whereby you stock up on socks and underwear and wear the same pair of jeans for a week at a time. This was great when we combined households, since we had so many essentials that we could go almost a month without washing clothes.
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Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Around here, we like to eat a tasty little Italian treat, delicious meat and cheese encrusted in a doughy outer shell.
When I say “we” I mean my boys. And when I say all that other stuff about tasty and delicious, I mean Hot Pockets.
I don’t know how we got started buying it, but the Balducci boys are now totally sold on this treat feast chunk of food.
For the record, we don’t buy a lot of other junky kinds of food: we don’t get chips or 2-liters or giant bags of Skittles. I just wanted to let you know. Not that I’m defensive or anything.
We don’t get any of that other stuff, but boy do we get Hot Pockets. I buy them by the 57-count box at the Wholesale Club, and the boys eat them on a very regular basis.
There. I’ve said it. Now it’s your turn.
What’s your resident household junkfood? Spill it, sister.
Hacking Through
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, January 12, 2009
A few months ago Lisa wrote about coping with running a household when the mom is sick. I’m aware of that challenge, especially since pregnancy often slows me down enough that some days I operate like I’m sick even though I’m technically not.
But I always forget how hard it can be to run a household when a KID is sick.
Camilla has croup. She is fine, but she was breathing badly enough that at 5:00... READ MORE
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